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From Middle English giltines; equivalent to guilty +‎ -ness.

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guiltiness (countable and uncountable, plural guiltinesses)

  1. The state of being guilty; guilt.
    • c. 1626, Joseph Hall, Saint Paul's Combat (sermon)
      those speculative relapsers, that have, out of policy, or guiltiness, abandoned a known and received truth

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